An Introduction to Atmospheric Physics

This textbook provides a concise, accurate and elegant introduction to scientific study of the Earth's atmosphere; world Meteorological organization Bulletin'.

...well written and clearly organized. covers a broad survey of topics; Gregoryj. Hakim, EOS

`David Andrews has crafted a thoughtful introductory text on atmospheric physics that provides a comprehensive and yet easy to understand treatment of the fundamental physics underlying the broad field of atmospheric sciences.'--- Steven Businger, university of Hawaii

`...an up-to-date overview of the field, should be a strong candidate for undergraduate level classes that introduce the subject of atmospheric physics, and it is a worthy addition for the library of any scientist or engineer interested in the field of atmospheric sciences.' Journal of Geodesy

`...covers the three fundamental pillars of atmospheric physics-thermodynamics, radiation and fluid mechanics... the strength of this book is the way it develops the fundamental ideas of atmospheric physics without introducing too much extraneous detail... I expect this book to become a standard text for many atmospheric physics courses in future years.' Geraint vaughan, Teaching Earth Sciences

The second edition of David Andrews' excellent textbook has been significantly revised and expnded. This textbook provides a quantitative introduction to the Earth's atmosphere for intermediate-advanced undergraduate and graduate students, it now includes a new chapter on the physics of climate change, which builds upon material introduced in earlier chapters, giving the student a broad understanding of some of the physical concepts of this most important and topical subject, in contrast to many other books on atmospheric science, the emphasis is on the underlying physics. Atmospheric applications are developed mainly in the problems given at the end of each chapter. The book is an essential resource for all students of atmospheric physics as part of an atmospheric science, meteorology, physics, Earth science, planetary science or applied mathematics course.